Woman accused of being driver in Plank Road hit and run faces manslaughter charge
BATON ROUGE - Months after Taquencya Harris allegedly hit and killed 22-year-old LaDerica Stewart and injured three others, she is now facing a manslaughter charge.
Harris allegedly struck a group of four people, including Stewart, crossing Plank Road early on the morning of March 30. Baton Rouge police said Harris allegedly brought her car to a shop days later for repairs to the front end of the vehicle, saying she had struck a deer.
In an indictment hearing Thursday morning, Harris was hit with one charge of manslaughter, two counts of hit and run with serious injury and obstruction of justice.
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No further court dates were immediately set.